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Well, I'll have to be explicit here. Yes, so far my experiences with Apple hardware is abysmal. Yes, my hard drive failed on me. Yes, tech support is goofy sometimes. But, with that said, OS X is (in my opinion) the best OS out there right now, and it is not really comparable to XP. Apple's hardware design is amazing- my iPod is still fantastic to use and the newest iMac blows anything else I've used out of the water.

Yes, I'm frustrated to no end with the fact that all of this happened, but I still think Apple is way ahead of the pack. Hard drives fail every now and then (just google "hard drive failure" and see for yourself) and besides, Apple doesn't make their hard drives. So yes, it was unfortunate, but I am still very glad that I have an iMac now.

I couldn't live without my iPod, as it is my only music player. I'll probably always buy iPod (as long as it's around) as I like the players and it looks slick next to my matching iBook.

I've found that most people who dislike Apple haven't used it in the last three years. OS X is a great operating system, and there are no downsides that really hold up. You may not like Apple hardware, but OS X is undoubtably the most user-friendly operating system around. Safe too.

I couldn't live without my iPod, as it is my only music player. I'll probably always buy iPod (as long as it's around) as I like the players and it looks slick next to my matching iBook.

I forget who mentioned it or where I heard it from, but the thing I like about Apple's music system is the notion of their "Holy Trinity", so to speak: iPod, iTunes, iTMS. The seamless interaction between them all is what I like the most. I can buy my music, have it automagically imported into iTunes and copied on my iPod without any real interaction by myself. The argument is that anyone else could theoretically come up with a better music player, a better personal music player, or a better music store, but unless they have all three they won't be able to take the market like Apple has. Although I've found that Apple does have the best in all three categories.

Originally Posted by charmedlover

I've found that most people who dislike Apple haven't used it in the last three years. OS X is a great operating system, and there are no downsides that really hold up. You may not like Apple hardware, but OS X is undoubtably the most user-friendly operating system around. Safe too.

Definitely agree with that. I used to be anti-Mac back in the day, but last year started playing with them more often and it led to my purchase of one. It's so much more worry-free than anything I've used. No ugly registry settings, virus or spyware, no applications spread all over my hard drive, and so on. I definitely like it.

Figured as much. The one thing I kind of worry about is losing the cool Mac-specific Safari features- things like auto extract downloads and whatnot. I don't know... I think I might stick with Safari for the time being.

That's true- if you have a spare monitor around, the Mac Mini is a great price. If you look at all their models and compare them to other similarly-equipped PCs, it's a pretty decent price range now. They aren't as expensive as they used to be.

I just connected my CRT up to the mini instead of my LCD and I find the text to be much clearer. Would there be any reason for this? I was going to buy a second LCD for the mini, but I might end up keeping it connected to the CRT now.

I just recently got an iMac about two weeks ago, since then I've had to reinstall the OS about 4 times. It does this weird thing where it boots up but once it gets to the gorgeous looking desktop you can't do anything but stare at the beautiful background cause there's nothing there. It could however be my fault as I've been installing mysql, php and god knows what else. I've had problems with every single computer that I have ever purchased from desktops, laptops, and now the iMac so I guess it's a common thing that comes with the territory. Overall though I like the iMac better that my windows PC, now I just wanna get one of those PowerMacs ... mmmmm

saying things that will cause people to argue, so saying something that you maybe do or don't believe but the only intention of the comment is to get people riled up to argue basically causing a thread to go astray and getting it closed